https://www.bizcommunity.com/196/471.html South Africa news 15 Surgical Procedures news - South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/196/471.html en-us Sun, 12 Apr 2026 08:43:33 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/new-south-african-catheter-design-could-transform-aortic-repair-surgeries-worldwide-511730a Supported by the Bidvest Group and the University of Cape Town (UCT), South African medtech company Strait Access Technologies (SAT) has achieved a milestone in the United States of America. Its cardiovascular innovation, the CenterFlow balloon catheter, has been used in humans for the first time — tackling a critical safety challenge in aortic artery repair procedures. 1-266846 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 08:43:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Surgical Procedures South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/the-surgical-assistant-new-digital-platform-to-ease-south-african-public-health-specialists-dilemma-288767a A South African-developed digital platform is designed to solve one of the country’s most pressing public health dilemmas. The Surgical Assistant pairs specialist surgeons with validated assistants in real time, ensuring the right skills are available in the surgical theatre when needed. 1-266500 Tue, 17 Mar 2026 09:30:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Surgical Procedures South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/steve-biko-academic-hospital-performs-pioneering-cryoablation-procedure-173426a The Gauteng MEC for Health & Wellness, Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko, announced on X (Twitter) that the Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria recently achieved a South African public health milestone when it successfully performed its first cryoablation procedure. 1-265028 Fri, 23 Jan 2026 12:18:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Surgical Procedures South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/bestofbiz-2025-healthcare-849473a We've compiled our annual #BestofBiz 2025 lists across all our industries, featuring our most popular articles, most-read contributors and company news. Discover the most-read content on Bizcommunity's Healthcare site over the past year below. 1-264279 Wed, 17 Dec 2025 06:00:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Surgical Procedures South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/health-ombud-reveals-systemic-failures-in-south-african-healthcare-061305a Following the release of a new report, the Health Ombud, Professor Taole Mokoena, revealed findings from two investigations that uncover systemic failures and tragic lapses in the country’s healthcare system. 1-264017 Wed, 10 Dec 2025 13:12:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Surgical Procedures South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/south-africa-first-fully-internal-limb-reconstruction-completed-at-tygerberg-hospital-405719a Tygerberg Hospital has reached a major national milestone by performing South Africa’s first fully internal bone transport and limb-lengthening reconstruction. 1-264055 Mon, 08 Dec 2025 14:34:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Surgical Procedures South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/netcare-duo-implants-pacemaker-smaller-than-an-aaa-battery-394618a Cardiologist Dr Jean Vorster and electrophysiologist Dr Jane Moses recently implanted a leadless pacemaker, smaller than a standard AAA battery, at the Netcare Unitas Hospital in Centurion, Gauteng. While the Aveir VR Ventricular Leadless Pacemaker is quite small, Micra is the world's smallest pacemaker, measuring about the size of a large vitamin capsule. 1-264043 Mon, 08 Dec 2025 11:10:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Surgical Procedures South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/mommy-club-nozipho-ntshangase-on-social-media-cosmetic-surgery-red-flags-398168a The title of “cosmetic surgeons” or “cosmetic specialists” does not exist under the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA). However, many South Africans, interested in cosmetic surgery, are being targeted by these so-called professionals on Instagram or TikTok. Reality TV star Nozipho Ntshangase, who is undergoing “a mommy makeover”, says that you must separate marketing from medicine. 1-261993 Fri, 03 Oct 2025 11:19:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Surgical Procedures South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/in-a-first-for-south-africa-a-robotic-procedure-successfully-removes-kidney-for-donation-391528a A surgeon at Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town has performed a first in South Africa. Urologist Dr Danelo du Plessis successfully performed a donor nephrectomy — a surgical procedure to remove a kidney from a living or deceased donor for kidney transplantation — using the da Vinci Xi Robotic platform, a robotic surgery technology. 1-260873 Thu, 28 Aug 2025 11:33:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Surgical Procedures South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/hqa-2024-progress-and-pitfalls-for-south-africa-private-healthcare-sector-068935a Health Quality Assessment’s (HQA) 2024 review of healthcare quality in South Africa’s private sector highlighted both progress and gaps in prevention, early detection and chronic disease management. The results draw on data from schemes representing about 80% of the country’s medical scheme population and cover more than 200 standardised healthcare quality indicators. 1-260497 Thu, 21 Aug 2025 10:30:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Surgical Procedures South Africa